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Arimna was in the throes of the dance. He twirled once, twice, then dropped to his knees in a smooth motion while throwing his arms wide. The exertion left him somewhat winded, and he put his hands to the floor to steady himself, but he was grinning ear to ear at the rush he felt coming over him.
"Praise be to the Eternal Rose," he whispered towards the floor.
"Well done, Arimna, well done," came his mother's voice quietly in his head.
The young man looked up to the ceiling, and chuckled. "Ursella, dear, I've told you that you're not the best critic...namely because all you do is sing my praises." He paused to catch his breath, then continued, "But thank you all the same.
He knew that his eidolon meant well, in her maternal way. He still wondered if she had anyhting to do with his mother, now long passed on. The priests had not ruled it out, but they lacked the magic to confirm the theory.
He heard a knock at his door, and rose, pulling on a long robe over his dancer's leggings.
Your rehearsals are coming along well, Arimna?" Ariman gave a short nod to Sindolla, the Sandpoint Cathedral's high priest of Shelyn. The older halfling man responded in kind.
"Well indeed, Muse Sindolla. I'll be ready for the Swallowtail Release, I'm sure of it."
Sindolla smiled as he replied, "That's good to hear, Arimna. Keep up with your work, then." Then he turned and walked away, closing the door behind him.

-Arimna was the only child of two Varisians who had settled in Sandpoint, his father a farmer and his mother an artist who frequented the local Cathedral to worship Shelyn.
-At 6, his mother died in a tragic accident.
-His father took to drinking out of grief, and became violent towards Arimna.
-At 8, the local Shelynite clergy discovered this, and convinced his father to turn over his care to them. His father later fled Sandpoint.
-He subsequently was inducted into the faith of Shelyn, proving skilled at both dance and the arcane arts.
-At 13, his mark manifested on his wrist, leading the clergy to declare him blessed by Shelyn. Around this time, he began dreaming of a woman with his mother's voice, who reaffirmed her love for him and praised his accomplishments.
-Around his 20th birthday, he was able to use arcane formulas that he had discovered in the temple's library to manifest an eidolon, who he named Ursella.

Arimna is a friendly young man and enjoys meeting new people. He embraces Shelyn's teachings, and is usually optimistic about his circumstances. He enjoys dancing, and often has Ursella accompany his performances by playing a drum. He has been known to instruct others in Sandpoint in dance, and does so for free. He is on good terms with the other clergy and residents of Sandpoint Cathedral, appreciating the good deeds that they do for the town, though he tends to stick to the Shelynites as he feels like the other faiths have little to offer him personally. He prefers to view people for their personality rather than physical appearance or gender, and is (effectively) pansexual. Nonetheless, he can be vain, and prefers to keep himself well groomed as often as possible.
Ursella is protective of Arimna, but generally light-hearted. She communicates with him by a telepathic link, and he notes that she sounds just like his mother. To others, she communicates by gestures, as she is effectively mute.